A Call

   A need that I perceive is not a call. The need is the opportunity for me to do something about it. The call is the impression that God puts in my heart to do something for Him. That these two may work in tandem is obvious, but I have to be careful that I do not mistake what it is that God has called me to.

   Today I go off to visit two guys in two separate prisons. These are men that I had the good fortune to get to know as I worked the Kairos walk in a prison near here. We have corresponded over the years since they both left the prison where we met. Both are in for a very long time, and neither knows whether they will ever get out or not. They have become Christ's servants in the places they have been held.

   There is probably no question that God has called them to serve where they are. They can't go anywhere. Their only choice is what to do. One ministers through music and the other through leadership in His body in that place.

   What about me? I can serve in a lot of different places, and I try to do what is needed wherever I am. But are these all a call, or can I nail it down to a priority of service.

   For me I feel it is prison. Sometimes it is the going in to minister. Sometimes it is correspondence. Sometimes it is in the sending of books and materials to help those inside. All of those give me joy and I think gives God joy also.

   Today is one of those days....